Trails from the East Episode 1: Vietnam Category: Documentaries Journey on the "Reunification Express" from Hanoi to Saigon, exploring Vietnam's extraordinary culture and landscape in this premiere episode of the Trails from the East series.
Trails from the East Episode 2: Cambodia Category: Documentaries Voyage through Cambodia by train, a "country of scars" that lost a quarter of its population under Pol Pot's regime. On the train there are discussions about daily survival and the difficult task of coming to terms with the past.
Trails from the East Episode 3: Thailand Category: Documentaries The cities of Thailand beckon in the next episode of Trails from the East, where everyone in Thailand seems to be on the train. Travellers speak about the pain of leaving the village and their children, and their hope for a better future.
Trails from the East Episode 4: Malaysia Category: Documentaries After traveling through Bangkok, where a transsexual coping with modernity is portrayed, the train travels south through a region full of Muslim separatists, and on to Malaysia.
Trails from the East Episode 6: India, Part 1 Category: Documentaries In this episode, the train journeys through India from the border of Bangladesh to the border with Sri Lanka in the south, profiling a fast-changing society trying to keep its cultural identity.
Trails from the East Episode 7: India, Part 2 Category: Documentaries As the "Friendship Express" rolls towards Pakistan, this episode discusses India's religious conflicts in the modern era, and how Hindus and Muslims can live side by side after bloody conflicts.
Trails from the East Episode 8: Pakistan and Afghanistan Category: Documentaries The episode starts in no man's land aboard the "Friendship Express", a train connecting two age-old enemies, Pakistan and India. Traveling on to Kabul, Afghanistan, talk on the train turns to the future of this tumultuous region.
Trails from the East Episode 9: Iran Category: Documentaries In the "Land of the Ayatollahs", young Iranians speak out about their relationship with the regime. When we move on to Istanbul, veils and burkas disappear as soon as the Iranian train crosses the Turkish border.
Trails from the East Episode 10: Syria and Jordan Category: Documentaries As the train travels on from the Iraqi-Syrian border to Syria and Jordan, this episode explores how travellers manage their relationship with their enemies, Israel and America.
Trails from the East Episode 11: Israel Category: Documentaries The Trails from the East series heads to Israel, and highlights the clear and deep divide between Israelis and Palestinians, a divide that is not all black and white.
Trails from the East Episode 12: Turkey Category: Documentaries The Trails from the East train heads towards Europe through Turkey, a country seeking to become part of the European Union while maintaining its cultural identity.
Trails from the East Episode 13: The Balkans Category: Documentaries On the train from Turkey through the war-torn Balkans, the European dream is alive everywhere. Travellers converse about migration and a united Europe, and the insecurity about joining the European Union.
DOC-DEBUT Category: Documentaries A weekly series on Link TV, DOC-DEBUT highlights unique and groundbreaking international documentary films. Each week features the U.S. television premiere of a new foreign doc.
